Planter attachment.



F. A. VOGEL.

PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION mm JULY 21. 1914.

1,184,900., Patel lted May 30,1916.

Qwuen foe:

Queuing/J FREDERICK A. VOGEL, OF MANITO, ILLINOIS.

PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

1 ASAQWUL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May so, 1916.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,355.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. VooEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manito, in the county of Mason, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Planter Attachments; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in planter attachments.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device forfurrowing out the corn as it is planted.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a plantershowing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view,portions of the planter being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional view onthe line 33 of Fig. 1, slightly enlarged. Fig. 4: is a.transverse sectional view on the irregular line 4-4 of Fig. 2, lookingin the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a section on the same linelooking in the opposite direction. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 8, parts being broken away.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents theleg of the planter which carries the runner or shoe 11. Disposed on eachside of the leg is a casting 12, the forward ends of which converge andare hinged together at 13. The rear ends of the castings are disposed inparallel relation and on opposite sides of the leg 10, both the castingsand the leg being formed with slots through which is disposed the bolt14:. This permits the castings to be adjusted vertically on the leg andforwardly and rearwardly with respect thereto. The convergent portionsof the castings are formed with vertical slots 15 which register withopenings in the mold-boards 16, these mold-boards being secured to thecastings by means of the bolts 17. Below the hinge, the forward edges ofthe mold-boards are separated slightly to permit the runner 11 to extendforwardly therethrough. On each side of the leg 10, and between the legand rearward portions of the castings are the spacing blocks 18 by meansof which the castings can be swung so as to move the mold-boards togreater or lesser distances apart, according to the width of the furrowdesired. Also mounted on the bolt 14 are the rearwardly extending curvedcovering blades 19 which cut the soil at the sides of the furrow so asto throw soil therein to cover the seed deposited in the furrow.

What is claimed is:

An attachment for planters comprising a pair of members hinged at theirforward ends and adapted to be adjustably mounted on the planter leg,mold boards adjustably mounted on said hinged members to straddle therunner of the planter, and covering shoes adapted for adjustableengagement with the planter leg to extend rearwarclly therefrom.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRED. A. VOGEL.

W'itnesses:

Jnssn BLACK, Jr., FRED J. SGI-IILPP.

fiopilca of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commisaioner 0t Eatcnta, Washington, JD. E."

